Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
By: written by himself to a late period ; and continued to the time of his death, by his grandson William Temple Franklin ; now first published from the original mss. comprising the private correspondence and public negotiations of Dr. Franklin, and a selection from his political, philosophical, and miscellaneous works.
Contributors: Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823.; Colburn, Henry, d. 1855, printer.; Pye, Charles, 1777-1864, engraver.; Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver.; Hall, Sidney, engraver.; Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886, former owner.; Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder.; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.; Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for Henry Colburn
Published: 1818
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
Subjects: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Correspondence; Statesmen -- United States -- Biography; Statesmen -- United States -- Correspondence
Genres: Correspondence.; Biography.
Notes: LC copy has bookplate of Henry Stevens. Signed binding: Bound by F. Bedford for H. Stevens.
Ford, P.L.  Franklin bibliography, 561
NUC pre-1956 NF 0338961
Vol. 1: x, 449, lxxxviii p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; v. 2: xxxiii, 449 p., [1] leaf of plates : facsim.; v. 3: xvi, 570 p., [6] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill., map.
Vol. 2 has additional t.-p., with title and imprint: The private correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ... comprising a series of letters on miscellaneous, literary, and political subjects ; written between the years 1753 and 1790, illustrating the memoirs of his public and private life, and developing the secret history of his political transactions and negociations ... London : Printed for Henry Colburn, 1817.
Plate in v. 1 with portrait of Franklin engraved by Chas. Pye; plates in v. 3 engraved by Sidney Hall or John Swaine.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Life; title: v. 2. Private correspondence; title: v. 3. Political, philosophical & miscellaneous.